A pair of flintlock holster pistols

dating: First half of the 18th Century provenance: Germany, Smooth-bore, round, 15 mm cal. barrels, with square base engraved and chiselled with a mask and floral motifs, provided with three, brass-inlaid stamps 'GD' under the lily, rib with long fore-sight; tang with sight; locks embossed with mask and floral motifs; wooden, full stocks, slightly embossed, steel mounts, pierced counter-plates, chiselled with mask and floral motifs; trigger guards and butt-plates decorated en suite, butt-plates with big masks in the center. Disk iron-tipped, wooden ramrods. length 51.5 cm.